Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-08
LOCAL NEW s.
Brief Mention.

Br1of ment1Ons
 New mourning papers at rorman's.
 The new Baptist church in Rockville will be dedicated to-day.
 The annual banquet of the Bridgeport Board of Trade will be held next Thursday e-ing.
 MT. John Weldon, of Bridgeport, will cele- brate his thirty first birthday Wednesday, March 9th.
 A forty hours devotion was begun in st.. Augustine's church, Bridgeport, at 10:3O o'clock Sunday morning.
 MT. John Beckert, aged 57, died Sunday night at his home, 476 Congress avenue, ,leav- ing widow and six children.
 The United States fish commission is to furnish 5O,O00 salmon eggs to be matched out for stocking the Housatonic river.
 The boats that run between Shelton and New York have had their names changed and are now known as the Naugatuck and Ousa- tonic.
 The tugboat Thurber, of Bridgeport, has been thoroughly overhauled and will receive new boiler. The improvements will cost nearly $8,00O.
 Rev. Beverly E. Warner of Bridgeport, who has returned from his trip to Europe much improved in health, occupied the pull pit of his church last Sunday.
 The monthly meeting of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Missions will be held in the Center church chapel this afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock.
 Another exhibition of the Edison electric fire extinguisher will take place to morrow, h at oSo tirrr T Commerce streets. Don't fail to see it.
 Messrs. W. R. H. Trowbridge and Henry c. White were duly installed as deacons with impressive ceremonies at communion service at the Center church Sunday afternoon last
 Prof. Hastings lectures tonight in the S. s. s. course to mechanics on Recent addi- tions to the nebular hypothesis. The course is a valuable one and is being well attended.
 Jacob Brown, colored, of Bridgeport, who killed his wife, set up the plea of self-de- fense. He was bound over yesterday. He claims his wife attacked him with butcher knife. ];
 Robert Connolly, coaehman and gardener for ex-Gov. English for the past 23 years and highly esteemed by the family, died last eve ming of pneumonia. He leaves a wife and five children and many friends to mourn his death.
 The total receipts of the Charity ball were $3,179.50; net receipts $1,917.71. The com mittee met last night and voted to turn over the net proceeds to Gen. s. E. Merwin as president of the hospital society-a hand some sum and one which will be welcome aid to the funds of the institution.
 Olive Branch council No. 7, D. of L., will give musical and literary entertainment in their hall in the COURIER building on Mon day evening next. March IA. Every pur- chaser of ticket is entitled to present which will be worth the price of admission and is in addition to the entertainment.
 One week from today the Grand comman- dery K T. of the State will hold it's annual session in Norwalk. On Monday evening the fourteenth Clinton commandery will exem- plify the order of the Temple before the off cers of the Grand commandsry, and many New Haven Knights intend being present, leaving here on the 5:40 train.
 Bridgeport's general committee appointed to arrange for the celebration in that city of the sixty y-eighth anniversary of the institu- tion of Odd Fellowship in America meets to- night. The Governor of the State and the Mayor of the city are both Odd Fellows and they will attend. Besides these, the Grand Sire of the world and the officers of the Grand lodge will be among the guests.